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National Highways to deliver digital twin of UK road network
National Highways’ has set out plans to deliver a digital twin of the UK’s road network that can predict the time and location of potholes and other maintenance issues.
Digital Construction Week is back this November
Join us from 24-25 November for Europe’s leading innovation and technology event for the built environment, live and in-person at ExCeL London.
Adapting to change: How Covid-19 is fast-tracking digital construction
Matt Wiseman, divisional digital innovation manager at RMD Kwikform, highlights how, in the wake of Covid-19, digital engineering capabilities are set to become a key differentiator for contractors and engineers.
10 councils to test the use of digital planning tools
Housing minister, Christopher Pincher, has announced a £1.1m fund to test the use of digital planning tools and data standards across 10 local areas.
Revizto takes part in ‘monumental digital event’
Rhys Lewis, director at Revizto and chair of the UK BIM Alliance Wales, recently spoke at the ‘Emerging digital communication tools in construction sites’ webinar.
Digital technologies: Upskilling for rapid urbanisation
Lukasz Adamik, UK vice-president of consulting at Microdesk, looks at how companies can get the right training partner for rapid urbanisation.
Digital construction – on a shoestring
While the benefits of digitalisation for construction are widely acknowledged. Professor Duncan McFarlane, presents a different approach demonstrating how digital can work for everyone.
Report examines how to build and implement valuable digital twins
Openness, collaboration, and interoperability need to be embraced to optimise the implementation of digital twin technology, according to research by Asite.
Skills for a Digital Built Britain
Realising the digital transformation of the built environment sector will rely on the workforce having the necessary skills. The Centre for Digital Built Britain has published a new framework on the DT Hub to help organisations prepare for the future.
OpenBuilt platform to digitally transform construction industry
IBM, Red Hat and Cobuilder have joined forces to develop OpenBuilt, a platform designed to help securely connect fragmented construction industry supply chains.
Tilbury Douglas appoints new head of digital
Tilbury Douglas has appointed Aneesa Mulla as the new head of digital to focus on its digital transformation strategy and MMC.
Bentley Systems launches 5G telecoms digital twin solution
Bentley Acceleration Initiatives has launched OpenTower iQ, a digital twin solution for telecom towers that provides 3D visualisation and predictive design from the ground up.
Costain and Microsoft to develop infrastructure digital twin
Costain and Microsoft have joined forces to develop an enterprise-ready digital twin to optimise the way UK infrastructure is designed, delivered and operated.
Taking a digital first approach to planning
Dave Mann, managing director at dxw, explores how planning departments can build shared digital capabilities and cultures that support agile digital services.
Asite digital engineering team becomes BSI ACP member
The Asite digital engineering team is now a member of the British Standards Institution’s (BSI) associate consultant programme (BSI ACP).
The road to digitalisation in the construction industry
Some companies may be in the slow lane while others are speeding ahead. But what is becoming clearer all the time, is that the industry now has a road map towards digital transformation and the journey is underway. Finbarr McMeel, technical director at Gilbert-Ash explains more.
85% of built environment experts back digital golden thread
The report provides an important insight into the industry’s understanding of the golden thread and what will be needed to deliver it in practice.
Digital Twin Hub marks a successful first six months
The Centre for Digital Built Britain’s Digital Twin Hub (DT Hub) has signed up more than 700 members since it was launched in March. Find out more about this exciting, fast-growing community and how it can help you to accelerate your digital twin strategy.
Digital twins, data quality and digital skills
Like many industries, engineering and construction is seeing a greater digitisation of the sector that is being driven both externally and internally. At the heart of this change lies a growing interest in using data across built asset projects. Frank Weiss, senior director at Oracle Construction and Engineering explains.
Digital twin: Cities and their digital doppelgangers
As cities around the world begin adopting digital twins, the AECO industry must examine how exactly they impact large-scale projects and how this impact will develop in the future.
How is BIM an enabler for digital processes?
Roy Danon, CEO and co-founder of Buildots explains why BIM is the single enabler for many modern technologies that are being developed for the sector, making it critical for companies to adopt BIM so they won’t fall behind in the race.
The Forge: Quantifying the value of P-DfMA and digital delivery
The Centre for Digital Built Britain, as part of the Construction Innovation Hub, is supporting a ground-breaking commercial development. Thayla Zomer, a research student embedded in the project team, reports on her work assessing the benefits to industry of applying Modern Methods of Construction and a digital delivery approach to a commercial development.
What does digital engineering mean to HS2?
HS2 is the first major infrastructure programme to adopt digital engineering, with BIM at its core, head of digital engineering Dr Sonia Zahiroddiny explains how it works.
Construction: Digital, data and…dystopia?
BIM Today columnist John Eynon talks data, conspiracy theories (and Bond villains) in a very far from post-Covid world.
How can the construction industry optimise digital engineering?
Advanced building materials, smart buildings, BIM, digital twins, and modern methods of construction are amongst the more transformative technologies set to shape digital engineering.
Digital technology supports HS2’s supply chain management
Digital transformation helps EKFB maximise project performance across an 80km section of the UK’s new high-speed rail link between London, Birmingham and the North.